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It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.

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There is no rampart that will hold out against malice.
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Cheating Hold Infidelity
The public scandal is what constitutes the offence: sins sinned in secret are no sins at all.
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Offend Public Scandal Secret Sin
Good Heavens! For more than forty years I have been speaking prose without knowing it.
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Goodness Heaven Known Myself Talk
Most people die from the remedy rather than from the illness.
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Death People Remedy Sick
Malicious men may die, but malice never.
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Death Infidelity Malicious Man
Every good act is charity. A man’s true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
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Act Charity Goodness Himself Man True Wealth
People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.
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Learning People Quality
To inspire love is a woman’s greatest ambition, believe me. It’s the one thing woman care about and there’s no woman so proud that she does not rejoice at heart in her conquests.
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Ambition Greatness Heart Herself Love Woman
Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.
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Better Greatness Place World
The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.
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Dinner Food Genuine
Don’t appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
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Appearance Humanity Prayer Talk Understand
Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high hands makes them obey its laws.
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Grammar Hands Law Obedience
It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don’t want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.
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Desire Ignorance Learning Myself Question Woman
Too great haste leads us to error.
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Error Greatness Haste
When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.
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Purpose Serve Understand
He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.
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Follow Lesson Peace Taste

It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.

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